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Definition: Unsatisfying |
UnsatisfyingAdjective1. Not up to expectations; "a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unsatisfying" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1833. (references) |
Synonyms: UnsatisfyingSynonyms: disappointing (adj), dissatisfactory (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Unsatisfying |
| Specialty definitions using "unsatisfying": Disgrace ♦ Palm. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Unsatisfying sex life? (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | PALM, n. A species of tree having several varieties, of which the familiar "itching palm" (Palma hominis) is most widely distributed and sedulously cultivated. This noble vegetable exudes a kind of invisible gum, which may be detected by applying to the bark a piece of gold or silver. The metal will adhere with remarkable tenacity. The fruit of the itching palm is so bitter and unsatisfying that a considerable percentage of it is sometimes given away in what are known as "benefactions." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Unsatisfying" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 68.42% of the time. "Unsatisfying" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 68.42% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 26.32% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.26% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 19 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "unsatisfying": Feeling of unsatisfying sleep. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
breath unsatisfying | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "unsatisfying"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i pakënaqshëm (dissatisfactory, unsatisfactory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | незадоволяващ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | neuspokojující (disappointing), neuspokojivý (unsatisfactory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | insuffisant (unsubstantial), ingrat (unattractive, undutiful, unfruitful, ungrateful, ungrateful person, unpleasant, unthankful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unzureichend (inadequate, inadequately, insufficient), unbefriedigend (dissatisfactory, dissatisfying, unsatisfactorily, unsatisfactory, unsatisfyingly), nicht sättigend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ανικανοποίητοσ (unappeased, unsatisfied). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 飽き足らない (unsatisfactory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | あきたらない (unsatisfactory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atisfyingunsay que não satisfaz, não convincente, insuficiente (dissatisfactory, inadequate, inefficient, insufficient, narrow, scant, scanty, scarce, short, slim, starveling, wanting), insatisfatório. (various references) nemulţumitor (ungrateful, unsatisfactory). (various references) неудовлетворяющий. (various references) nedovoljan (failing, insufficient, unsatisfactory, wanting), koji ne zadovoljava. (various references) poco satisfactorio (unsatisfactory). (various references) otillfredsställande (dissatisfactory, dusty, unsatisfactory). (various references) yetersiz (defective, deficient, disqualified, exiguous, half-way, handicapped, inadequate, incapable, incommensurate, incompetent, inconclusive, inefficient, ineligible, insufficient, meager, meagre, poorly, powerless, scant, scanty, scrimp, scrimpy, shoestring, short, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, unequal, unfit, unqualified, unsatisfactory, unsatisfied), tatmin edici olmayan (unsatisfactory), sudan (flimsy, slight, sorry, Sudan, sudanese, thin, unsatisfactory, watery). (various references) незадовільний (dissatisfactory, unsatisfactory). (various references) không l m vừa lòng, không l m tho m n (unsatisfactory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unsatisfying" (pronounced unsa"tusfī'ing) |
| 9 | -s a" t u s f ī' i ng | satisfying. |
| 4 | -f ī' i ng | amplifying, certifying, clarifying, classifying, codifying, disqualifying, diversifying, edifying, electrifying, exemplifying, falsifying, fortifying, gentrifying, glorifying, gratifying, horrifying, identifying, intensifying, justifying, magnifying, modifying, mummifying, mystifying, notifying, nullifying, oversimplifying, purifying, qualifying, quantifying, ratifying, reclassifying, rectifying, signifying, simplifying, solidifying, specifying, stultifying, terrifying, testifying, unifying, verifying. |
| 3 | -ī' i ng | multiplying, occupying, outlying. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-g-i-i-n-n-s-s-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: sanguinity, satisfying, sustaining. | |
-3 letters: sinuating. | |
-4 letters: fainting, fastings, fustians, infusing, insanity, sainting, siftings, snafuing, staining, suitings, tissuing, unifying, unsaying. | |
-5 letters: annuity, antigun, antings, fasting, finings, fisting, fusains, fussing, fustian, guanins, inanity, infants, isatins, issuant, issuing, saining, satisfy, sayings, sifting, signify, staning, staying, stygian, suiting, sunfast, suntans, sustain, tunings, uniting, untying. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 73 61 74 69 73 66 79 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. ... .- - .. ... ..-. -.--. .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01110011 01100001 01110100 01101001 01110011 01100110 01111001 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n s a t i s f y i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0073 0061 0074 0069 0073 0066 0079 0069 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)558085678675857291758073 |
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